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Xi'an continues as a breeding ground for potential supermodels. The latest example is our new discovery and head-turner Guo Jia, who will be craning necks when she appears on local fashion magazines this year. We are proud of having her onboard.

This university student has been thrust onto the fashion stage in the past couple of months and is really making an impact, becoming a new favorite ND Model! Since winning a model contest in Hangzhou last year, 1,78m Guo Jia will ...

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Street Kissing Contest On 29. May, Xi'an witnessed an unusual contest: A street kissing challenge, organised by a creative merchant in the city centre. This city never stops to surprise us, isn't it? Around 10 couples took part in this event and they tried hard to find the most exotic kissing position ever witnessed in... Click here to read the full story!

High-Speed-Rails A new dedicated 968-kilometer high-speed rail line linking Wuhan, in the heart of central China, to Guangzhou, on the southeastern coast is coming. In test trials, the "WuGuang" trains (locally built variants of Japan's Shinkansen and Germany's ICE) clocked peak speeds of up to 394 km/h.... Click here to read the full story!

Pretty Bubbles in the Air My wife came to me at the end of Spring Festival this year and exclaimed, “I think we should buy another house.” We talked it over for a bit and I agreed to go shop around and see what was out there. I was against the idea, for reasons I will get into later, but went along anyway... Click here to read the full story!

Chinese Superstitions Many Chinese sank into absurdity, rushing to wed before the coming of the Rooster Year (2005), a "widow's year" made by an ancient superstition arising from a calendar quirk. Because of the vagaries of the Chinese lunar calendar, that Rooster Year did not contain the traditional Start... Click here to read the full story!

Ducks Don't Fly in China A month or so ago in class, in an attempt to help teach the word "duck" I started making flapping motions with my arms. The Chinese English teacher started chuckling. They won't understand that. She said. Why not? I asked. Because ducks can't fly. She replied matter-of-factly.... Click here to read the full story!

Recycling - Chinese Style I was having a major tidy-up of the apartment over the weekend. Given the smallness of the apartment and the rather large accumulation of junk over the years, I had made the decision that a whole bunch of stuff just “had to go”. Books already read, DVDs already watched, kitchen utensils... Click here to read the full story!

Nightlife Popularity Charts Xi'an is a city with a long past and in the process of finding a new direction between the old way of life and the brightness of the modern world but the most striking contrast between the two is the nightlife in Xi'an. The places people can dance, sing and drink are often right next door... Click here to read the full story!

Mao's Revenge If you're North American you have heard the stories of Montezuma's revenge. Horrible stories of visiting Central and South America and getting a stomach bug that side-lines you from travel for days at a time while you pray to any God who will listen to make your body stop exorcising the... Click here to read the full story!

Well, well... Well, well...first of all FACEBOOK is blocked and not directly accessible in CN since today around 7 p.m. TWITTER is not accessible as well since a couple of days. YOUTUBE is not accessible since a couple of weeks. And not to mention other popular platforms. That means that all of our ND readers,... Click here to read the full story!

Xi'ans Air Quality Index (AQI) An air quality index (AQI) is a number used by government agencies to communicate to the public how polluted the air is currently or how polluted it is forecast to become. As the AQI increases, an increasingly large percentage of the population is likely to experience increasingly severe adverse... Click here to read the full story!

Green Molly Green Molly: A category apart. Green Molly is one of Xian’s newest and best locations. The location is an exquisitely decorated combination of a restaurant at ground level and a pub downstairs. In the restaurant you can indulge in the tastes of home, whether that be in the US, Europe and... Click here to read the full story!

Howard Johnson Xi'an Howard Johnson Ginwa Plaza Hotel, a 5 star hotel situated outside the South Gate. And within viewing distance of the Ming Dynasty City Wall. t is invested by famous local Ginwa Group and managed by Howard Johnson International. Our hotel is the leading address for distinguished business and... Click here to read the full story!

Textile City Art District Much like Beijing 798 and Shanghai 1933, Xi'an has an art district called Textile town. The district is not an actual town but derives its name from the many textile factories built there since the 1950s. Xi’an Textile City Arts District is situated at Textile City in east Xi’an, which... Click here to read the full story!

Ian Clark Ian Clark also known as "Tao Yiran" is a true insider and not be taken as an usual common expat. He's been in this country for a decade. He has mastered Mandarin so extraordinarily well that he now works as a successful English-Chinese translator. Besides, he is a passionated musician... Click here to read the full story!

Poorly Made in China Like a couple other of my favorite books on China, River Town and Mr. China specifically, I’m admitting to you now that the reason that I like this book so much is that this is my life in print. This is what I’ve done for the past 7 years in China—solved other people’s... Click here to read the full story!

History flows freely in Xi'an From architecture to cuisine, Xi’an reflects the influence of 13 Chinese dynasties headquartered here — Qin (221-206 B.C.) to Tang (618-907) — and illustrates longer-lasting traditions. As a guide on our organized excursion said, “Shanghai is where we show you the future of... Click here to read the full story!

Xi'an Models: Zhang Qian Ru Zhang Qian Ru is a charismatic model and university student studying tourism and logistics. As a model she is based in Xi'an, but she recently did a photo shoot in Henan which was followed by commercial photo sessions for several local agencies in Xi'an. Besides modelling, which she... Click here to read the full story!

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